Beauty & Cosmetic Surgery Guide 2016

Dr Michael Prager

A cameo on BBC Two’s Inside Harley Street has in no way inflated Dr Prager’s ego: in fact, the biggest practitioner of Botox in the UK is extremely down to earth, and very hands-on – so much so that he fills every single syringe that he uses himself. Every morning. ‘It’s the most important part of the procedure,’ he says. His method is less about chasing wrinkles – ‘static lines on the forehead are easily addressed, but they’re not life-changing’ – and more about sharpening up the lower part of the face. ‘You want to lift the depressor muscles that cause the mouth to turn down – to keep the jawline shapely.’ He’s a trained hypnotherapist and wonderful with needle- phobics (there’s skin resurfacing and light therapy for the more fainthearted).